religiously

1. 1.

   by religion

   “religiously inspired art”

   Synonymssacredly
2. 2.

   with extreme conscientiousness

   “he came religiously every morning at 8 o'clock”

   Synonymsscrupulouslyconscientiously

Questions about religiously

What does religiously mean?

religiously means "by religion". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in religiously?

religiously has 4 syllables: re-lig-iou-sly. The stress falls on "lig". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈlɪdʒəsli/.

What is another word for religiously?

Close synonyms include sacredly, scrupulously, conscientiously. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is religiously a common word?

religiously is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.